NOTE OF THE DAY¡the Mariners were recently named by Keith Law of The Athletic as having the ¡í1 farm system in baseball, while Baseball America and MLB Pipeline both rank them at ¡í5¡the Mariners have an MLB-leading 7 top-100 prospects named on Baseball America¡¯s rankings, are tied for the most on MLB Pipeline¡¯s top-100 rankings with 7 (also: Chicago-NL) and are tied for the second-most on The Athletic¡¯s top-100 list with 6, trailing only Detroit.
ON THE AIR¡tonight¡¯s Spring Breakout Game will be broadcast live on Seattle Sports (710 AM) and Mariners.com with Gary Hill Jr. and Aaron Goldsmith on the call¡it will also be televised as ROOT SPORTS Bonus Coverage (Cleveland Broadcasters)¡Mariners Director of Player Development Justin Toole, Vice President and Assistant General Manager Andy McKay and Executive Vice President & General Manager of Baseball Operations Justin Hollander are all set to join the radio broadcast during the game.
STACKED ROSTER¡the Mariners have 6 players ranked among MLB Pipeline¡¯s Top-100 Propsects on their Spring Breakout roster, tied for the most among any team: INF Colt Emerson (¡í20), OF Lazaro Montes (¡í42), INF Cole Young (¡í49), C Harry Ford (¡í64), INF Felnin Celesten (¡í73), INF Michael Arroyo (¡í97).
PROSPECTING¡the Mariners roster features 17 of their top-30 prospects according to Baseball America, including 11 of their top 12 prospects: #1 Colt Emerson, #2 Cole Young, #4 Michael Arroyo, #5 Felnin Celesten, #6 Harry Ford, #7 Lazaro Montes, #8 Logan Evans, #9 Ryan Sloan, #10 Tyler Locklear, #11 Jurrangelo Cijntje and #12 Brandyn Garcia¡only #3 Jonny Farmelo, who is recovering from an injury, is not on the roster among Seattle¡¯s top-12 prospects¡six of the prospects on the roster rank in Baseball America¡¯s Top-100 MLB Prospects: Emerson (#16), Young (#56), Arroyo (#77), Celesten (#89), Ford (#95) and Montes (#97).
DRAFT PIPELINE¡each of the Mariners last 4 first selections in the MLB First-Year Player Draft appear on the Mariners Spring Breakout roster¡the Mariners will pick third in this summer¡¯s draft, their first top 5 pick since 2012.
SPRING BREAKOUT FLASHBACK¡in last years inaugural Spring Breakout game against the San Diego Padres, the Mariners lost by a 13¨C10 final¡Logan Evans and Jeter Martinez each tossed 1.2 IP in last year¡¯s contest¡Ben Williamson went 2-for-2 while Tai Peete, Colt Emerson, Luis Suisbel all doubled and Lazaro Montes drew 2 walks to lead the offense a year ago¡11 players on last year¡¯s Spring Breakout roster return for this year¡¯s game.
MiLB CHAMPS¡both the Modesto Nuts and Arkansas Travelers took home league championships in 2024, with Modesto capturing their second-consecutive California League Title in 3 games over the Lake Elsinore Storm¡Arkansas beat the Midland Rockhounds in the decisive Game 3 in walk-off fashion, with Cole Young scoring the winning run to capture the Texas League crown.
MARINERS AWARDS¡several prospects on the Spring Breakout roster were among the Mariners Minor League Award Winners last season¡outfielder Lazaro Montes was named Ken Griffey Jr. Hitter of the Year for the second-consecutive season¡left-hander Brandyn Garcia was named Jamie Moyer Co-Pitcher of the Year¡infielder Colt Emerson was the Alvin Davis Mr. Mariner Award winner¡infielder Michael Arroyo was the offensive Dominate The Zone Tournament Award Winner.
AWARDS SEASON¡several players named on the Mariners Spring Breakout roster took home Minor League awards and accolades last season¡Harry Ford and Cole Young represented the Mariners during the Futures Game¡Brock Rodden won the Rawlings MiLB Gold Glove Award at second base¡Lazaro Montes was named California League MVP¡Logan Evans (AA), Brandyn Garcia (AA), Rodden (A+), Jared Sundstrom (A+), Caleb Cali (A) and Montes (A) each took home league monthly awards last season¡Michael Arroyo (June & August), Montes (May & August), Garcia (May & June), Evans (May), Rodden (May) and Cali (April) each won Mariners Minor League Pitcher/Hitter of the month last season¡Montes (First-Team) and Arroyo (Second-Team) were each named in MiLB Pipeline¡¯s All-MiLB Prospect Team at the end of 2024¡Everett Manager Zach Vincej was named Baseball America MiLB Manager of the Year after leading Modesto to back-to-back California League Titles.
OPENING WEEK WARM-UP¡Jurrangelo Cijntje, Lazaro Montes and Colt Emerson, who are on the Mariners Spring Breakout roster, will all be at T-Mobile Park for Opening Week Warm-Up presented by Starbucks on March 23¡they will be joined by fellow top prospect Jonny Farmelo and Mariners legends Jay Buhner, Ryan Rowland-Smith and James Paxton at the event.